Overturning a lower court's ruling, the 7th Circuit has ruled Illinois' law requiring a moment of silence at the beginning of the school day to be constitutional.

In today's decision, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court found the law constitutional because it does not specify that the silent time be used for prayer, and that legislators who supported the bill said the moment of reflection had a secular and practical purpose in settling down students at the start of the school day.

Calling the decision an act of "judicial activism," Rob Sherman vowed to appeal. His daughter  Dawn is now a senior at Buffalo Grove.